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StavrosNZ View Drop Down
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I have used wet n forget on sails, all canvas work, GRP etc with no adverse effects.
Stephen
2010 H400 #691, Auckland, New Zealand
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Matt1 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 20 April 2021 at 07:53
Ive never managed to successfully clean sails, or at least to make any discernible difference to their appearance. It's a bit like polishing a mast.....you can try lots of products and put a lot of effort in and it makes no difference
 
At best all I hope to do is hose off any salt accumulations. My FCL headsail has moldy batten pockets after only a few months. If it wasn't battened, I'd take the headsail off when I leave the boat
Hanse 418 #64 EmBer. Hamble, UK

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Moldy sails,  or "sails with measles" is a by product of laminated sails.    They *SAY* they put biocides in the layers/adhesive, but it still happens.    On my prior boat I went with hydranet sails.  This is a woven cloth that you can use for radial cut sails.    As its woven,  you do *NOT* get mold or measles.  Anything like that on the sail,  you just scrub it off.  Nothing is between the layers because there are none.  

On our 575, we went with Elvstrom molded EPEX/HPM sails.    While laminated, there is something about the technology that seems to have prevented the mold/mildew problem (now in our 4th season).   I was offered the FCL sails when we built the boat.    I had heard bad things about them and decided to upgrade.

Rick
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Hanse 575 Build #192, Hull# 161
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